Bhutto, Gandhi and the 1989 Nuclear Threshold
A Top Secret report kept secret for years shows how the U.S. bet on a personal friendship to prevent a nuclear war in South Asia while critical intel remained excised.
By Roy Castellano ·
Pakistan
Mirza Beg and the Grand Design for a Fundamentalist Afghanistan
The fate of Afghanistan was mapped in a private meeting between a new US ambassador and a Pakistani general, a conversation that stayed hidden for decades while the region burned.
By Desmond Okafor ·
Zia-ul-Haq and the 1982 Nuclear Lie
General Vernon Walters confronted Pakistan's ruler with proof of nuclear procurement in 1982, but the resulting 'double-talk' kept the procurement secret from the U.S. Congress.
By Roy Castellano ·
Rajiv Gandhi and the 1988 Warning of an Islamic Nuclear Force
For decades, the U.S. ignored warnings that arming Pakistani dictators would fuel a nuclear fundamentalism—a gamble recorded in a 50-minute meeting kept secret since 1988.
By Eleanor Voss ·
JSOC's May 1999 Targeting of Pakistan’s Nuclear Arsenal
A redacted intelligence study from Lawrence Livermore was being prepared for special operations commanders, even as the world watched Pakistan’s nuclear expansion.
By Eleanor Voss ·
KGB used 800 forged leaflets to neutralize Pakistan's Zia-ul Haq
Soviet agents forged letters to Imam Khomeini and manipulated Baluchi leaders to incite ethnic conflict and poison diplomatic ties between Islamabad, Delhi, and Tehran.
By Marcus Boone ·